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Letters Patent No.i4,380, dated February 11, 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN GROSS-STRAPS FOR GARRIAGES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I HENRY KILLAM, of New Haven, in the county of NewHaven, and State of Connecticut, have invented a new Improvement inCross-Straps for Carriages; and I do hereby declare the following, whentaken in connection with the accompanying drawing, and the letters ofreference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specification,and represents the rear of the carriagebody with the straps attached. i

This invention relates to an improvement in what are called thecross-straps upon a carriage, that is to say, the straps, one end ofeach of which is attached upon the rear of the body, extending downacross and attached to the springs or some portion ofthe under work.

'Hcretofore, these straps have been made from leather or othernon-elastic material, and are arranged so as to be taut when thecarriage is empty; therefore,when the carriage is loaded, and the bodysettled down, the straps are slackened, and as thecarriage moves, thestraps fiy-loosely, and thus detract to a great extent from what isintended, and what would otherwise be a prominent ornament to thecarriage.

The object of my invention is to construct these straps so as to be atall .times taut, whatever load there maybe'in the carriage, and consistsin the insertion into the straps or forming them entirely of an elasticmaterial, which, yielding as the carriage-body rises, will contract asit' falls, and thus maintain an apparently uniform position. v

To enable others to construct my improvement, I will proceed to describethe same as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

The best method I have yet tried is to construct the straps from anIndia'rubber tube, attaching one strap, A, at a, and the other strap, B,at b, on the body, crossing the two straps at G, and extending theirother and down, and fixed to the proper point, according to theconstruction of the carriage, whether it be Q, elliptic, or otherspring. At t heir crossing I form any convenient connection, and placethereon any desired ornament, and the tubing I cover or coat with anydesired material, or make the tubing of the proper color, or a flatelastic strap may be made in place of the tubing; therefore, I do notconfine myself to any particular style or form of strap, but i What Iclaim as new and useful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

Constructing the cross-straps for carriages wholly or in' part of rubberor other elastic material, substantially as and for the purposedescribed. x

HENRY KILLAM.

Witnesses:

A. J. TIBBITS, J. H. SIIUMWAY.

